ESPN+ adds Swedish, Danish and Indian leagues to soccer portfolio

Soccer - 04 Oct 2018

Author: Jonathan Rest

ESPN, the US sports broadcaster owned by Walt Disney, has further swelled the portfolio of ESPN+, its new over-the-top subscription service, with rights to the top soccer leagues in Sweden, Denmark and India.

ESPN+ is to stream one game per week from both the Swedish Allsvenskan and Danish Superliga, amounting to 30 and 36 per season, respectively.

Season five of the Indian Super League got under way this week, and ESPN+ is streaming five games per week, totalling 60 for the season.

Sportcal reported last month that ESPN+ had snapped up broadcast rights in USA to the Coppa Italia, Italian soccer’s knockout clubs tournament, and the Supercoppa, the annual match between the winners of Serie A and the national cup.

Its showpiece rights in USA are Serie A for the next three seasons, but it has also supplemented that with the top soccer leagues in Australia, China and the Netherlands and England's knockout FA Cup.